I'm posting it! I have absolutely no idea if there was a discussion, if it was offered up as a joke BEFORE he was told officially he couldn't have a VanGogh. Whether it was actually relayed to him that they had a gold toilet he could use, I don't know but here it is!

In an email, museum curator Nancy Spector said the Guggenheim could not accommodate the White House’s request.

“The curator’s alternative: an 18-karat, fully functioning, solid gold toilet – an interactive work entitled ‘America’ that critics have described as pointed satire aimed at the excess of wealth in this country,” said the Post....

Not sure why on earth an American president would want a painting by a Dutch painter, worth I would guess 10's of millions of dollars, if not more, hanging in the White House other than because he is ignorant of art other than overly famous names and this is a vanity thing.

Why would he think any museum would lend out something that valuable to an entity not another museum is beyond me. Almost all of the art is representative of the US and done by American artists.

I know really, why would they give him the privilege of having a master piece in the private residence? I can see if he asked for a famous piece for the Oval Office but for his own residence, thatís just bizarre.